A police shooting Tuesday of two Elizabethtown murder suspects rocked a quiet, upper-class city, waking its community and 10-member police department up to the violence that has thus far been commonplace in other parts of Jefferson County.

Community members from Anchorage, which has its own government, public safety departments and school system, were still recovering Wednesday after the shooting in a field behind the 1500 block of Ridge Court. Authorities have released few details but said the two dead people — a man and a woman — were suspects in a Tuesday killing in Hardin County.

"For something like this to happen in Anchorage, people are shocked and concerned," Anchorage Police Chief Dean Hayes said. "A lot of calls came in offering support; some people dropped off food. It's a tight-knit community."

Louisville Metro Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said late Tuesday night that the department was called to the bedroom community east of Hurstbourne Parkway just before 7:15 p.m. to assist with a shooting involving police officers. Two Anchorage officers fired their weapons but were unharmed. The two people were killed.

Jefferson County chief deputy coroner Jo-Ann Farmer later identified the two people killed as Destiny A. Moneyhun, 18, of Smith Grove, Kentucky, and Bradley James Sheets, 25, of Glasgow, Kentucky. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, and autopsies are scheduled to take place Thursday.

Hardin County Sheriff's Chief Deputy David Lee said Anchorage Police called his county's dispatchers at 7 p.m. Tuesday to report a car abandoned near a field. A deputy was dispatched to check on the owner of the car, 74-year-old Lewis Hoskinson, at his house in Elizabethtown, roughly 60 miles away.

The deputy peered through the window of the home at 40 Dawn Avenue, where Hoskinson lived alone since his wife died. The deputy saw signs of foul play and called in backup. The deputies entered and discovered the man had been stabbed to death with a very large knife.

"The house was ransacked; everything was in disarray," Lee said.

Back in Anchorage, officers continued to investigate the car, which was abandoned near a gravel drive that leads to a field behind the back lawns of stately houses. The officers encountered the suspects, who were both shot and killed.

Lee said it remains unclear whether the suspects knew Hoskinson, or if anything other than the car was stolen. He said deputies are working with the man's relatives to piece together what might have happened and what might be missing from his home.

A half-dozen police cars remained at the shooting scene on Wednesday, along with forensic crews who cordoned off the overgrown field. The bodies of two people remained uncovered. A pile of belongings, including a notebook and a teddy bear, lay near Moneyhun's feet.

Anchorage has a median household income of $160,000, four times higher than the average of the rest of the state. There were no violent crimes reported in 2015, the most recent year of complete statistics published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

"There is no reason to think we are protected from violence, despite our economic standing. ... We live in a troubled world," said Rev. Dee Wade, co-pastor of Anchorage Presbyterian Church, at the scene on Tuesday.

At Anchorage Public School — one of the most proficient districts in the state — principal Andrew Terry sent a letter to parents, saying the grief counselor would be available to its 350 students to provide support the remainder of the week. The shooting scene was located a half-mile from the K-8 school campus.

"Anchorage School deeply values the strong connection between our staff, students, families and greater Anchorage community. There was a tragic incident in our city this evening. Many of our students may be aware of this incident from news reports or from personal observations of police activity," read the letter, which was forwarded to the Courier-Journal.

"From my knowledge, this is the first time an officer has ever had to discharge a firearm," said Anchorage City Attorney John T. McGarvey, a Louisville lawyer who was working with the police department Tuesday night. He said there is police body camera footage from the shooting.

He said he could only remember one murder — on Homewood Drive — at some point between when he moved to the area in 1979 and began working for the city in 1987. In comparison, there were 124 homicides Jefferson County-wide last year, the most in five decades.

McGarvey said he suspects the city will be shocked as a result of the shooting, adding that a "big story" was last year when the community complained about resident "Papa John" Schnatter's private helicopter use. So far, he's only seen appreciation from the community for its officers.

"It grew up as a community instead of a subdivision, so it still retains the sense of community," McGarvey said.

Political consultant Danny Briscoe, who has lived in Anchorage for 19 years, said he called Anchorage Police after noticing a police helicopter flying around the neighborhood, thinking there was a car chase through the area. He messaged in a group chat with neighbors, who agreed they thought it was a murder-suicide after initially hearing two people were killed.

He said he's fortunate to live in a community where there isn't a lot of crime. But Briscoe, who has worked for two Louisville mayors, said that's a product of the Anchorage officers, who are often out and about in the neighborhood.

"In Anchorage, there have been two people shot in 19 years," he said. "It could happen tomorrow, but overall it's one of the safest places in Louisville and one of the best. I'm no more concerned than I was yesterday."

Anchorage citizens said they started a Blue Ribbon Campaign, placing "blue ribbons" on mailboxes to signify support for police officers.

Chief Hayes said the two officers were placed on administrative reassignment pending an investigation by Louisville Metro Police's Public Integrity Unit, leaving his department without 20 percent of its force for the time being, but said his experienced officers will adjust.

He said he knows the suspects weren't from Anchorage and expects that there is no further threat to the suburban community. He added that he had not been down to the specific location of the shooting until Tuesday.

"I don't know what they were doing here, but they weren't here for anything good," Hayes said.